Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori wins Peru's presidential election

Peru's top electoral authority certified the victory of conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori in the presidential runoff election on Friday. Fujimori, 51, the daughter of disgraced former president Alberto Fujimori, was running for the presidency for the fourth time. She is set to become Peru's ninth president in ten years when she takes office later this month.

According to official figures released earlier this week, with 100% of ballots counted, Fujimori received 9,223,000 votes, or 50.135% of the total, while nationalist congressman Roberto Sánchez garnered over 9,173,000 votes, or 49.865%. Both candidates advanced to the June 7 runoff after defeating 33 other contenders in the April general election.

The campaign was dominated by voters' concerns over rising crime, particularly extortion by violent organized crime gangs. Fujimori campaigned on a promise to combat crime with an iron fist. She is the daughter of the late Alberto Fujimori, who defeated the Shining Path rebel group in the 1990s but later took an authoritarian turn. He was convicted in 2009 of human rights abuses and later of corruption charges.

This is a developing story.